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or Jcorli Site of Freemasonry , " and father it on somebody else under a name de p lume — trying by abusive aud mendacious statements to injure the Supreme Council , and to break up the Grand Conclave of Knights Templar , and in doing so I may quote myself as an authority , and put 33 ° and 90 ^? after my name . Then if iny breadcast upon the

, waters of strife , returns to me after many days—but bitter with disappointed hopes , having failed in its ohject to make mischief—I can do the virtuous , and threaten to confine niyself to the Craft , taking care to accuse the London governing bodies of being the very hot-beds of Masonic vice and Jfasonic scliism . But

cui bono ? There are many people besides Bro . Yarker who mistake notoriety for fame— -but when he actually threatens to recommend everybody to follow his example , and give up everything but the Craft , in case the irregular bodies should give in their allegiance to and be recognised by the Supreme

Council . I am amazed at the egotism , and egregious vanity Avhich leads him to think that the Masonic world will bow to his dictum , and accept his i f ) f > e dixit . Bro . Yarker speaks as to my quibble about Mirabeau ' s History of the Court of Berlin , but your readers , I suspect , will take my statements for what

the } ' are worth , I ask no more . Bro . Yarker says that the Charleston Statutes , signed by Frederick the Great , were forged , inasmuch as Frederick was dying afc the time they were said to be made . Weil , I have before me a letter from an illustrious and learned brother , who says , " I have thorougly studied Mirabeau ' s 3 rd . Volumeand it shows that in the

, very year in which we say the Statutes were signed by Frederick , we took an active part iu Freemasonry , and backed up some new system , which the writer jumbles up with all sorts of degrees . " Bro . " Lupus , " who asks for information on this point , will , I am sure , be allowed free access to the work , if

lie or any other Masonic student likes to apply to the Secretary General of the Supreme Council , at 33 Golden Square . So far as Bro . Yarker and his confreres are concerned , I have nothing to say , except that their attempt to set the constituted authorities afc defiance ,

and to breed a schism amongst the higher degrees , is sure to fail . "We are quite content to rely upon the good sense and good faith of our superiors and subordinates in the Order . of the Temple , and A . and A . Rite , and these efforts of an obscure set of malcontents are simply contemptible . A MASO : N ~ AVHO BELIEVES TS HIS O . B .

TO Till ! EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC AIIRROR . Dear Sir aud Brother . —It appears that friend Yarker , finding the luxury of being Grand Llama of- a new Masonic sect so very much to his taste , has beeu airing ' his self-imposed dignities iu Ireland . Unfortunately , for so great an individualhis Irish Acolytes were

, not able to save him from the fate of Scavus ; for , upon presenting himself at the door of the Grand Lodge he was very properly refused admittance . True to their instincts , the followers ( quasi patrons ) of this Communistic Libertas made a fearful row defying all authority . '

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I write this in the hope that some real friend of this unfortunate man will prevent him iu the future from bringing our noble order into disrepute in the sister kingdoms . So long as he confined his vagaries to Manchester , where he is perfectly well-known aud understood , there could not be very much harm done ; and it was as well to let him vent his spleen in his

own particular way in his own neighbourhood ; but now that he has the means of getting abroad , someone ought to look after him . A LOVEB , or TEUE LIBERTY . Manchester , July 13 , 1871 .

The Little Testimonial.

THE LITTLE TESTIMONIAL .

TO TUB EDITOR OF TIIE FREEMASONS * IIAOAZINE AXD MASONIC MIBEOR . Dear Sir and Brother ,- —Certain friends of the intended recipient of this testimonial appear to be most pressing and urgent for the contributions that have not been offered , though applied for several times , by urgent circulars , quoting high namesand employing pressure to induce a

com-, pliance with the oft-repeated demand issued in various forms . Sir such unseemly touting and urgent pressure , administered with the legal air of a " formal demand , " is , to say the least of it , alike offensive to parties who , like myself , have declined , —aud unbecoming those who , as rulers in the Craft , have signed and

issued them , seeing that the conduct of the brother who is to be the recipient , and who is an employe of Grand Lodge , has been extensively canvassed , and is to be brought formally before Grand Lodge . Ib would appear very much like desiring to secure the subscriptions of unwilling contributors before the question of the conduct ofthe person in question has been discussed . Yours , & c , ONLY A PASTAIASTEE .

" Libertas " And Bro. Yarker.

" LIBERTAS " AND BRO . YARKER .

TO THE EDITOR OF TEH FREEMASONS MAGAZINE AXD MASONIC MIREOE . ' j Dear Sir and Brother , —My attention has been called to a long printed letter signed "Libertas , " containing quotations from Bro . John Yarker ' s letters to your contemporary , and indeed bearing ample evidence upon it of having emanated from that ostracised Mason himself . His letter

has been sown broadcast through the country , addressed to the liegistrara of Knights Templar Encampments ; and as ifc is intended to create a mutiny in their ranks , aud advocates withdrawal from Grand Conclave , unless the Tripartite Treaty , solemnly entered into between the Mark

Masons , the A . and A . Kite , and the Order of the Temple , be abrogated . I think that if this letter can be distinctly traced to the brother named , he , or whoever wrote ifc , should be expelled the Order of the Temple . Wolves in our fold are doing their utmost to kill the flock ; and unless strong measures are

taken—and at once— much injury may be inflicted . I trust some member of that bod y will briug this matter before Grand Conclave in December . Yours fraternally , A BED CROSS EJsiaiiT .